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Florida home insurance premiums have shot up threefold in just five years.
Costs quickly rise when things go wrong with roads, roofs and power lines. Many of those risks are also avoidable.
Being financially resilient means you aren’t left financially devastated when an expensive emergency creeps up on you.
Ukraine’s successes against Russia’s Black Sea fleet have increased confidence in its ability to protect shipping in and out of its ports.
A new study of Florida’s fiscal vulnerability to climate change finds that flooding directly threatens many local tax bases.
Price discrimination is charging customers who don’t mind paying more than those who do – and businesses do it all the time. But Qantas seems to have taken it to a new level.
Life insurance companies can legally use the results of genetic tests to decline coverage or increase premiums. MPs have called for legislation that bans this practice.
An expert in disaster law explains the steps for securing aid, what to do if everything is lost and the deadlines to watch.
With average insurance premiums up 28% in the past year, there’s growing pressure on the insurance industry to rethink its opposition to a government-owned and run disaster reinsurance pool.
Wildfires on Maui are a crippling blow to the island’s tourism industry, which generates half of its jobs. But New Orleans and Kauai show that comebacks are possible.
Fraud was up 25% in the UK in 2021/22.
Access to economic and education opportunities increases women’s ability to withstand and recover from financial shocks.
The health coverage program’s enrollment soared during the three years after March 2020 due to temporary policies adopted at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.
A ‘greenhushing’ campaign is targeting insurers, who have the power to accelerate the transition to cleaner energy in how they write policies and invest.
It’s not a question of if insurance will become unavailable or unaffordable in areas at high risk of wildfires, hurricanes and other damage – it’s a question of when. A disaster risk expert explains.
This is a green light for creating the largest-ever compensation fund for sex abuse claims.
The housing crisis coupled with climate change could see more people living in the kinds of shanty towns and tent cities seen around the time of the Great Depression.
On the basis of government appointment technicalities and religious freedom, Americans may lose free coverage for cancer and blood pressure screenings, HIV prevention medication and other essential services.
The insurance industry should be involved in planning for future disasters and resilience, before some parts of New Zealand become uninsurable – leaving mortgage holders and banks exposed.
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Associate Professor of Human Geography, University of Tasmania
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Professor Emeritus of Risk Management and Insurance, Georgia State University
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Managing Director, Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction, Western University
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Lecturer and Research Fellow, School of Geography, Planning, and Spatial Sciences. Coordinator, Education for Sustainability Tasmania, University of Tasmania
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Professor of Law, Cardozo Law School, Yeshiva University
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Lecturer in Financial Planning, James Cook University
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Postdoctoral Research Fellow, The University of Queensland
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Honorary Associate Professor, Australian National University
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Adjunct Professor, Victoria University
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Senior Researcher, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich
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Professor, Business School, University of Sydney
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Senior Research Fellow, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Finance and Insurance, Massey University
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Chair in Insurance and Professor, Finance, Wilfrid Laurier University
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Professor in Strategic Management, The University of Queensland
